Jean Dubuffet was a seminal French artist known for his prints as well as his primal figures and sculptures of vernacular subjects.
Dubuffet’s adoption of the term Art Brut or raw art, referred to the art of children, prisoners, and the mentally ill, was a reaction to what he called “art culturel” or refined art. It was his desire to break from tradition by implementing rudimentary mark-making and emulsions made from sand, tar, and trash, as seen in his work Grand Maitre of the Outsider (1946).
“A work of art is only of interest, in my opinion, when it is an immediate and direct projection of what is happening in the depth of a person's being,” the artist said. “It is my belief that only in this Art Brut can we find the natural and normal processes of artistic creation in their pure and elementary state.”
Born on July 31, 1901, in Le Havre, France, Dubuffet went on to study at the Académie Julian in Paris. While at school his peers included Raoul Dufy, Suzanne Valadon, and Fernand Léger. In 1918, after attending classes for only six months Dubuffet dropped out. Taking over his father’s wine business in 1924, he didn’t return to making art until the early 1940s. The artist would go on to form the Compagnie de l’Art Brut with André Breton and Slavko Kopač.
Dubuffet died on May 12, 1985, in Paris, France, at the age of 83. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.
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Jean Dubuffet Silkscreen Serigraph Abstract Exhibition Poster
By Jean Dubuffet
Located in Skokie, IL
Jean Dubuffet Silkscreen Serigraph Abstract Exhibition Poster This original vintage poster is a rare piece. It was created for an exhibiti...
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Jean Dubuffet, 'Festival D’automne a Paris' Original Vintage Exhibition Poster
By Jean Dubuffet
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Jean Dubuffet was one of the most famous European artists of the postwar era, “I have a great interest in madness, and I am convinced art has much to do with madness,” Dubuffet said ...
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Jean Dubuffet vintage poster “10 ans d’art vivant 55 – 65”
By Jean Dubuffet
Located in Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire
Original Jean Dubuffet Poster “10 ans d’art vivant 55 – 65” 1967 Published by Fondation Maeght – Saint-Paul Alpes Maritime Printed by Arte, Paris Jean...
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$300
H 13.5 in W 20 in D 0.07 in
Picasso Inspired Original Surrealist Art Exhibition Poster by Antoni Clave
By Antoni Clavé
Located in Miami, FL
Picasso Inspired Original Surrealist Art Exhibition Poster by Antoni Clave Original art exhibition poster by listed Spanish artist Antoni Clave from his Ginza Japan show. This int...
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H 22.25 in W 16.63 in D 0.07 in
Original Italian Art Exhibition Poster - Ferruccio Garopesani
Located in Miami, FL
Original Italian art exhibition poster by painter and designer Ferruccio Garopesani. Presented in 1975 at the Galleria International d'Arte - Diorena - Ascona, Italy. A native of ...
Paper
$675
H 28 in W 20 in D 0.07 in
Raoul Dufy Original Mid Century Mourlot Art Poster, French Cityscape Poster
By (after) Raoul Dufy, Mourlot
Located in Miami, FL
Original midcentury Raoul Dufy art poster from the 1950s printed by Mourlot, Paris, France. Raoul Dufy was a renowned artist that created excellent works of...
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Keith Haring Apocalypse Exhibition Poster 1999
By (after) Keith Haring
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage 1990s Keith Haring exhibition poster published on the occasion of: “Keith Haring: Apocalypse” November 4–December 31, 1999; Deitch Pro...
Paper
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H 25.5 in W 18 in D 0.07 in
Original Midcentury Abstract Art Exhibition Poster, Signed Rosso Dated 1975
Located in Miami, FL
Original midcentury abstract art exhibition poster with wonderful vivid colors of blue, red, green, beige, etc... Very decorative, signed by t...
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Large Original Vintage Astronomy Poster, circa 1920
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great poster of the heavens. Original color. Good condition. Published by Alexander Gross Unframed.
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David Hockney Exhibition Poster
By David Hockney
Located in Philadelphia, PA
David Hockney exhibition poster from 1981 paintings and drawings for the Metropolitan operas parade a French Triple Bill. Poster was ...
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$988
H 27.2 in W 19.3 in D 0.1 in
1997 Jean-Michel Basquiat - Mitsukoshi Museum of Art Original Vintage Poster
By (after) Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in Winchester, GB
One of the most influential artists of the 20th century, Jean-Michel Basquiat rose to prominence in the 1970s and early 1980s. Achieving so much in such a short space of time, his ne...
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Vassily Kandinsky Galerie Maeght Exhibition Poster, 1965
By (after) Wassily Kandinsky, Galerie Maeght
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vassily Kandinsky Galerie Maeght Exhibition Poster Paris, France, 1965 unframed nice vintage condition some waviness - see images
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$1,635
H 39.38 in W 24.41 in D 0.04 in
Original Vintage Travel Poster Air France Jean Carlu Midcentury Church Abstract
By Jean Carlu
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster promoting France issued by Air France featuring a bold and colourful midcentury design by the French graphic designer Jean Carlu (1900-1997) depicting ...
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Calder exhibition poster in Milan 1971
By Alexander Calder
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Alexander Calder - Poster Exhibition is a rare mixed colored offset and lithograph print realized in 1971
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Fernand Leger Exhibition Poster
By (after) Fernand Léger
Located in Pasadena, TX
This poster is from the 1956 exhibition. The colors are vibrant and its in it's original from which is period.
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H 29.53 in W 23.63 in D 0.04 in
Jean Dubuffet Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Original Vintage Poster, 1964
By Jean Dubuffet
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
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